- #1 Kardiya: The Winds of Fate
97% matchNo user reviews
Dev: InEv Games
Windows · Mac · Linux
Rogue-lite RPG Dicebuilding game. Roll the dice, choose your companions, organize your gear, explore all of Kardia, and die. Then try again! Try again and again. Experience a different story each time. Until you find The Winds of Fate.
Why similar: CRPG 14.5%, Text-Based 11.1%, Lore-Rich 10.7%, Choose Your Own Adventure 9.4%, Interactive Fiction 8.7%
- #2 Villienville. Echoes of Deception
96% matchPositive80% of 15 reviews2024
Dev: JAD Labs
Windows · Mac
A text role-playing game about the fate of a mercenary who finds himself in the strange village: Villienville. Investigate who benefits from the sudden appearance of “ghosts” and help residents protect their homes from a mysterious enemy. The main thing is not to make a mistake in your choice!
Why similar: CRPG 15%, Nonlinear 13.9%, Choose Your Own Adventure 12.7%, Interactive Fiction 11.7%, Text-Based 11.3%
- #3 Dr. Kinderwood's Asylum
96% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Richday
Windows · Mac · Linux
Decide the fate of the son of a tailor and a witch doctor infected with an incurable disease in an interactive story with multiple endings depending on your actions.
Why similar: Nonlinear 15.1%, Interactive Fiction 12.4%, Visual Novel 12.3%, Choose Your Own Adventure 12%, Text-Based 8.9%
- #4 Serania - Path of the Scion
95% matchNo user reviews
Dev: FableTree Productions
Windows · Mac
Choose, explore, interact, fight, solve, gather, trade! Rise to rebel in this immersive text-based fantasy story that seamlessly merges the best elements of RPGs, choose-your-own-adventure stories, visual novels, and interactive fiction.
Why similar: Choose Your Own Adventure 15.3%, Interactive Fiction 13%, Text-Based 13%, Nonlinear 10.2%, Visual Novel 10.2%
- #5 The Sin Collector: Repentless
94% matchVery Positive92% of 90 reviews2021
Dev: Sylen Studio
Windows
THE SIN COLLECTOR: REPENTLESS is a game on the border of a visual novel and a classic text RPG, set in the world of The Sin Collector, a series of books written by Michał Gołkowski. Action takes place a couple of years before the events presented in the books.
Why similar: CRPG 16.2%, Choose Your Own Adventure 13.2%, Interactive Fiction 12.4%, Text-Based 9.8%, Visual Novel 8.7%
- #6 Dead Gods Realm: Morar
94% matchNo user reviews
Dev: WAVE gamedev team
Windows
A non-linear text-based narrative RPG. Live your life in a world of Celtic Dark fantasy on the verge of a Lovecraftian doom!
Why similar: CRPG 13.5%, Interactive Fiction 11.1%, Choose Your Own Adventure 10.8%, Nonlinear 10.1%, Text-Based 10%
- #7 Taina's Cursed Legacy
93% matchPositive83% of 35 reviews2025
Dev: dark_room_game
Windows
A text-based RPG with a nonlinear story set in a free Slavic fantasy world. Shape the heroine's character through your choices and unlock multiple endings. Mystery, folklore, and relationships — your fate depends only on you.
Why similar: Choose Your Own Adventure 19.3%, Interactive Fiction 16.4%, Text-Based 12.5%, Visual Novel 10.9%, Medieval 7.1%
- #8 A Spaceship Accident
92% match2 user reviews100% of 2 reviews2025
Dev: Pick Your Universe
Windows
A choice-driven narrative game with RPG mechanics, filled with cosmic wonders and horror. Forge your own path across more than 50 unique endings. Barter, upgrade your character, fight, and explore alien worlds, overcoming every obstacle to find your way back to Earth… and to your daughter.
Why similar: CRPG 20.5%, Choose Your Own Adventure 14.9%, Interactive Fiction 12.5%, Text-Based 11.6%, Nonlinear 9.7%
- #9 Gold & Brown
91% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Side Project Games
Windows
Gold & Brown is a choice-based visual novel set in the medieval era, enhanced with card mechanics. Embark on a challenging journey as a knight, shape your fate through card choices, and pursue an impossible love across multiple endings.
Why similar: Choose Your Own Adventure 17.8%, Medieval 14.1%, Visual Novel 13.5%, Interactive Fiction 11.9%, Lore-Rich 9.1%
- #10 Royal Duality
91% matchPositive88% of 16 reviews2022
Dev: Hyakuten Games
Windows
Royal Duality is an immersive dark fantasy visual novel with 15 endings, various side stories and hidden Easter Eggs all set in an engaging lore-rich world
Why similar: Choose Your Own Adventure 21.1%, Immersive Sim 16.7%, Interactive Fiction 15.6%, Visual Novel 12.4%, Lore-Rich 10.6%
- #11 Legends of Savvarah: Time of Pariah
89% matchVery Positive95% of 154 reviews2024
Dev: ST Sinovar
Windows · Mac · Linux
You are Hidu, a beastman mercenary in a port city. You must survive one very bad day. How? That’s entirely up to you. There are countless ways for events to unfold — and 25 endings.
Why similar: Choose Your Own Adventure 16.6%, Interactive Fiction 15.4%, Nonlinear 15.2%, Visual Novel 8.2%, Medieval 7.9%
- #12 Grave Knight
90% match3 user reviews67% of 3 reviews2023
Dev: Dreamlight Games
Windows
Under developement, Grave Knight is an interactive RPG adventure inspired by SRD 5.1 ruleset and classical game books, where your decisions weave the fate of the characters and the story. Let the dice forge the fate of your hero and the realm by fighting the Grave knight and his horde.
Why similar: Interactive Fiction 17%, Choose Your Own Adventure 16.5%, Visual Novel 14.5%, Medieval 10.1%, RPG 9.9%
- #13 Robot's Fate: Alice
89% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Starni Games
Windows
Robot’s Fate: Alice is a text-based RPG set in the future where robots with neural network AI are integral to human life. You’re Alice - a robot who becomes self-aware, while everyone around fears rogue AI. Can you survive and reconcile humanity with robots? Your choices do matter.
Why similar: CRPG 27%, Choose Your Own Adventure 15.2%, Interactive Fiction 14%, Text-Based 10.7%, Visual Novel 9.7%
- #14 Nighthawks
87% matchVery Positive93% of 158 reviews2026
Dev: The Curiosity EnginePub: Wadjet Eye Games
Windows · Mac · Linux
The secret is out. Vampires have been exposed to the world… and you’re one of them. Seize the night as a modern monster, stepping out of the shadows to build a thriving nightclub empire through fear, seduction, and forbidden supernatural gifts. Your second life begins tonight...
Why similar: CRPG 23.9%, Interactive Fiction 13.1%, Choose Your Own Adventure 10.5%, Visual Novel 9.8%, Text-Based 8.3%
- #15 Saga · The Circle
88% matchNo user reviews
Dev: project silence
Windows · Mac
The Holy Sword has been drawn. Now gather the Knights of the Round Table to rebuild the kingdom. Explore and investigate war-torn Britain, and fight in tactical battles where stealing turns matters. In this Literary CRPG, every choice shapes your values, your allies, and the fate of Britain itself.
Why similar: CRPG 26.3%, Choose Your Own Adventure 15.2%, Interactive Fiction 9.9%, Text-Based 9.4%, Lore-Rich 8.2%
- #16 Memories Of Zattera
86% matchNo user reviews2026
Dev: YouGo Games
Windows · Mac · Linux
Memories of Zattera is a visual novel that merges fantasy and science fiction. Explore moral and political dilemmas from multiple viewpoints as tradition, progress and freedom collide. Will you see the world the same once all truths are revealed?
Why similar: Choose Your Own Adventure 18.3%, Medieval 16.6%, Interactive Fiction 15.1%, Visual Novel 15%, Lore-Rich 8.8%
- #17 Choose Your Own Alternative
84% match3 user reviews100% of 3 reviews2026
Dev: F(r)ictions Ludiques
Windows
A text-based adventure where you're tasked to exorcise your friend’s Inner Demon. Explore an ever-reshaping palace to analyze objects filled with memories, discover which one is the reason for her possession and sacrifice it. Do not deviate from your mission. Save your friend no matter the cost.
Why similar: CRPG 21.1%, Choose Your Own Adventure 13.7%, Text-Based 12.1%, Interactive Fiction 11.7%, Lore-Rich 10.7%
- #18 The Secret of Darkwoods
85% matchVery Positive89% of 119 reviews2023
Dev: Rap2h
Windows · Mac · Linux
Open-world illustrated text-based RPG. Inspired by classic role-playing video games and fantasy gamebooks, the secret of darkwoods is a free game, a non-linear standalone adventure with side quests in a vast world.
Why similar: CRPG 25.9%, Interactive Fiction 17.2%, Text-Based 16.7%, RPG 11.5%, Nonlinear 10%
- #19 Dust and Salt: The Battle for Murk
86% matchPositive87% of 15 reviews2018
Dev: Prime Games
Windows · Mac
The Battle for Murk is an interactive narrative set in a gritty medieval world. Play as Corporal Mandrake from the City Watch in a fantasy adventure game. Uncover the truth behind a treacherous conspiracy in a race against time to save your hometown from falling into the hands of a cruel leader.
Why similar: CRPG 21.1%, Choose Your Own Adventure 17%, Interactive Fiction 13.3%, Text-Based 12.5%, Visual Novel 8.6%
- #20 Fate/Tiny Me
84% matchNo user reviews
Dev: 山岭法庭广东分庭
Windows
The Holy Grail War begins anew in a modern era. Players will select one of seven Masters, stepping into his or her perspective to be summoned as a Servant in the grand ritual. The store page has been carefully designed to be spoiler-free, so feel free to explore without worry~
Why similar: CRPG 37.8%, Text-Based 14.7%, Visual Novel 13.1%, Magic 9.2%, Multiple Endings 7.1%
- #21 Echoes in the Deep - A Fateforge Tale
83% match3 user reviews100% of 3 reviews2026
Dev: LEAP Game StudiosPub: Adeliane
Windows
One last job. One final gamble. The Free City is yours to explore, but how you pull off the ultimate heist is entirely up to you. Assemble your crew, earn their trust, and make tough choices that shape your fate. But remember - every decision has consequences.
Why similar: CRPG 31.4%, Interactive Fiction 15.7%, Visual Novel 12.1%, RPG 7%, Multiple Endings 6.1%
- #22 OMEA
82% matchNo user reviews2026
Dev: AImmersive Pub: AImmersive
Windows · Mac · Linux
Your words shape the adventure. Omea is a revolutionary AI-powered narrative game where your personal Game Master responds to everything you write. No menus, no limits. Just type and forge your own legend across fantasy, sci-fi, mystery, and beyond.
Why similar: Choose Your Own Adventure 15%, Interactive Fiction 14.8%, Nonlinear 12.6%, Text-Based 11.1%, Visual Novel 9.6%
- #23 DnD Adventure: Wizard's Choice
82% matchPositive88% of 49 reviews2022
Dev: CCSPub: Delight Games
Windows · Mac · Linux
You are the wizard of this interactive fantasy story! Stay alive, manage your spell power, find treasure, and smite evil. All 6 episodes are included for 20+hours of adventure.
Why similar: Choose Your Own Adventure 17.6%, Interactive Fiction 15%, Text-Based 13.1%, Visual Novel 9.9%, Magic 8.9%
- #24 Your Story: Games with Death
79% matchMixed43% of 37 reviews2026
Dev: BoldBox
Windows
A medieval text quest in the "Choose Your Own Adventure" genre, where each choice could be your last. Create your story with more than 2,000 events, 200 of which will prove fatal. In a world where death plays against you, can you outsmart it and write your own story?
Why similar: Choose Your Own Adventure 18.1%, Interactive Fiction 14.3%, Text-Based 10.9%, Medieval 10.9%, Visual Novel 10%
- #25 Arcadie II: Cold Lands
79% matchVery Positive84% of 106 reviews2026
Dev: Arcadie & Utopie
Windows · Mac · Linux
You are the Monarch. Choose between diplomacy and tyranny. Romance allies or enemies. Your decisions define your rule and the fate of those closest to you in this character-driven interactive tale.
Why similar: Choose Your Own Adventure 15.7%, Interactive Fiction 14.7%, Text-Based 11.8%, Lore-Rich 8.6%, Visual Novel 8.3%
- #26 EmyLiveShow: Dragon & Mistresses Tale
81% matchMostly Positive77% of 44 reviews2024
Dev: Team Emily
Windows · Mac
Join four hot Vtuber girls on a kinky fantasy role-playing adventure. Roll the dice and break hearts in the new EmyLiveShow hentai visual novel!
Why similar: CRPG 24.4%, Choose Your Own Adventure 13.9%, Interactive Fiction 13.7%, Visual Novel 10.2%, Text-Based 9.5%
- #27 Wildwake
80% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Moonhaze Games
Windows
Stranded after a plane crash in a freezing wilderness, you must manage body temperature, injury, and sanity as every decision shapes your survival.
Why similar: Nonlinear 13.8%, Interactive Fiction 13.1%, Choose Your Own Adventure 12%, Visual Novel 10.9%, Text-Based 9.1%
- #28 Fight in the Arena by Daniel da Silva
81% match2 user reviews50% of 2 reviews2023
Dev: Daniel da SilvaPub: SmokeSomeFrogs
Windows · Linux
Fight in the Arena is a text-based gamebook-style RPG with an in-depth turn-based combat system. Will you prevail in the arena?
Why similar: CRPG 30.8%, Text-Based 14.7%, Choose Your Own Adventure 11.7%, Interactive Fiction 10.1%, Medieval 7.8%
- #29 RLG:Origins
78% match1 user reviews0% of 1 reviews2026
Dev: Stardust Factory Studio
Windows
Act in your own words to uncover the truth behind a broken oath. In this challenging high-fantasy Role Living Game, AI plays the GM and every character while fixed rules determine success and failure. Choose one companion, then investigate, negotiate, and fight your way to the story's end.
Why similar: CRPG 39.3%, Immersive Sim 14.4%, Interactive Fiction 14.2%, Text-Based 8.6%, Visual Novel 7.9%
- #30 A Maid Choice
78% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Cyclops Clover Studio
Windows
In this 2D choices matter/ visual novel game. Will you rise up to make the kingdom a better place? Steal the crown? Or burn it to the ground?
Why similar: Interactive Fiction 19.4%, Choose Your Own Adventure 16.3%, Immersive Sim 12.3%, Visual Novel 12%, Lore-Rich 9.3%
- #31 The Iron and the Oath
77% match2 user reviews100% of 2 reviews2026
Dev: FFire Studio
Windows
A narrative RPG of medieval intrigue and war. As Karl von Aiden, shape your destiny through five chapters of choices that matter. Build attributes, forge alliances, navigate court politics, and face consequences across three story routes and multiple endings.
Why similar: Interactive Fiction 17.2%, Choose Your Own Adventure 16.5%, Nonlinear 14.4%, Lore-Rich 9.8%, Medieval 9%
- #32 Moonbriar
77% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Oldblood
Windows · Mac · Linux
Delve into a dark fantasy visual novel where evil isn't always as it seems. Make your choices and grow your skills to help determine who survives the Great Culling. Featuring the voice talents of Ralph Ineson, Simon Callow, Savannah Steyn, and more.
Why similar: Interactive Fiction 14.1%, Text-Based 13.9%, Choose Your Own Adventure 11.8%, Medieval 10.5%, Visual Novel 9.8%
- #33 OTHERS
75% matchPositive100% of 16 reviews2025
Dev: Sicosiber
Windows
This is a retro story game about choices and the voices in your head. Unlock new voices, new thoughts, and new endings.
Why similar: CRPG 24%, Choose Your Own Adventure 15.1%, Visual Novel 11.4%, Lore-Rich 10.4%, Interactive Fiction 10.2%
- #34 Arderico's Journey
76% match7 user reviews100% of 7 reviews2024
Dev: Digital Masquerade
Windows
Set off on an exciting swashbuckling quest in this classic Fantasy Choose Your Own Adventure! Meet charming characters, fight dangerous foes, and uncover a nefarious intrigue. Experience seamless and reactive storytelling. Prove your innocence, find your destiny, relish the journey!
Why similar: Choose Your Own Adventure 20%, Interactive Fiction 17.4%, Medieval 12.2%, Visual Novel 11.3%, Choices Matter 8.4%
- #35 StorySmith
76% matchNo user reviews2026
Dev: BigD Games
Windows
A live collaborative story game for you and your Twitch chat. AI generates each scene on your machine — no internet required. Chat votes, you narrate, together you write the story.
Why similar: CRPG 17.6%, Interactive Fiction 16.4%, Choose Your Own Adventure 15.8%, Nonlinear 11.2%, Text-Based 10.3%
- #36 The Life and Suffering of Sir Brante
75% matchVery Positive88% of 13,129 reviews2021
Dev: SeverPub: 101XP
Windows
Median: 4.1 hrsMean: 8.9 hrs≥1hr: 84%
A narrative-driven hardcore RPG set in a gritty world ruled by real but unrelenting gods. Set out on a challenging lifetime journey, where every choice has a price and entails consequences. Will you become an inquisitor, a judge, or conspire against the old order? Dare to decide!
Why similar: Interactive Fiction 18.6%, Choose Your Own Adventure 16.9%, Choices Matter 13.6%, Text-Based 11.3%, Visual Novel 10.9%
- #37 Roll Value
74% matchNo user reviews2026
Dev: = tale(JK, 3)
Windows
Your choices reveal what you value. Guide three adventurers through a kingdom in crisis, deciding whom to protect as its population and army decline. Character traits and dice shape the outcome, while every decision builds a five-principle value profile revealed at the end of your journey.
Why similar: Choose Your Own Adventure 18.4%, Interactive Fiction 16.6%, Text-Based 13.4%, Nonlinear 11.6%, Choices Matter 9.2%
- #38 Tower of the Ice Lich
73% matchPositive100% of 19 reviews2025
Dev: Arcane Lorelabs
Windows · Mac
A pixelated homage to 16-bit RPGs, this former print-and-play card game has come full circle as a digital experience! Choose your champion, enter the tower, and make wise decisions on your ascent to face the Ice Lich at the top.
Why similar: Interactive Fiction 18.7%, Choose Your Own Adventure 17.7%, Text-Based 15.2%, Lore-Rich 13.7%, Visual Novel 11.5%
- #39 A Court of Seven Crowns
73% matchNo user reviews2027
Dev: Choice of Games
Windows · Mac · Linux
Navigate a web of intrigue and assassination to make peace among warring fae! The fate of their realms and yours is in your hands! A text-based interactive novel.
Why similar: Interactive Fiction 19.5%, Choose Your Own Adventure 19%, Text-Based 14.6%, RPG 11.7%, Lore-Rich 11.2%
- #40 Faerie's Bargain: The Price of Business
74% matchMostly Positive74% of 19 reviews2021
Dev: Choice of Games
Windows · Mac · Linux
Become the greatest of the goblin merchants in this gaslamp faery-tale! Buy and sell secrets and memories! Trade in time, shadows, and stranger things!
Why similar: Choose Your Own Adventure 19.5%, Interactive Fiction 19.3%, Text-Based 15.4%, Magic 10%, RPG 9.9%
- #41 Vigil: A Knight Story
72% matchNo user reviews
Dev: A Story Interactive
Windows · Linux
A fully voiced branching medieval RPG of over 800,000 words. Swear the oath, ride to a dying kingdom's war, and answer for every choice. When you fall, you are not reloaded, you are marked. Four origins, twelve chapters, and an ending that weighs what your oath was worth.
Why similar: Interactive Fiction 17.4%, Choose Your Own Adventure 14%, RPG 12.1%, Immersive Sim 11.6%, Visual Novel 11.4%
- #42 Broad Daylight
73% match2 user reviews100% of 2 reviews2024
Dev: Vagus Truman
Windows
The day awaits. Whether it ends with you going to visit family, taking a breath in the park, or hiding inside your apartment, it all can be taken away without you having a say in the matter. Regardless of all the chances that life might provide, one truth persists: carpe diem.
Why similar: CRPG 35.6%, Choose Your Own Adventure 22.3%, Interactive Fiction 17.5%, RPG 9%, Choices Matter 4.8%
- #43 The Music at the end of the World
72% match5 user reviews67% of 6 reviews2025
Dev: Cihan Kuzu
Windows
"What music would you listen to at the end of the world?" Explore an abandoned world after the apocalypse of the final winter. Shape the story of a man whose loneliness threatens his sanity. Use violence to survive or avoid it to protect your mind. Experience the end of the world!
Why similar: Choose Your Own Adventure 18.2%, Immersive Sim 15.1%, Interactive Fiction 14.9%, Visual Novel 12.6%, Text-Based 11.8%
- #44 Ink and Intrigue
71% matchPositive81% of 16 reviews2024
Dev: Heart's Choice
Windows · Mac · Linux
Heed magic’s call! Find love as you explore ancient mysteries, craft dragon-rune tattoos, and discover your true loyalties. What passions shape your path?
Why similar: Interactive Fiction 18.9%, Choose Your Own Adventure 18.8%, Text-Based 14.9%, RPG 11.5%, Lore-Rich 10.9%
- #45 Long Shadow
70% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Many Riches
Windows · Mac · Linux
Guide one family across centuries of collapse, evacuation, settlement and interstellar expansion. Preserve memories, establish laws, command crews, inherit ships and face the Afterless as every choice becomes part of history.
Why similar: CRPG 29.3%, Choose Your Own Adventure 18%, Interactive Fiction 14.5%, Text-Based 8.5%, Lore-Rich 8%
- #46 Diaspora
68% matchPositive88% of 16 reviews2026
Dev: Hosted Games
Windows · Mac · Linux
Navigate unknown waters, deadly politics, and ancient magic in this low-fantasy adventure. Can you turn the tides of war and forge a future for your clan? A text-based interactive novel, 1 million words and hundreds of choices, without graphics or sound effects.
Why similar: Interactive Fiction 21.8%, Choose Your Own Adventure 20.7%, Text-Based 17.1%, RPG 12.8%, Lore-Rich 8.6%
- #47 A Crown of Sorcery and Steel
71% matchMixed67% of 21 reviews2022
Dev: Choice of Games
Windows · Mac · Linux
Swing a sword, delve dungeons, and lead a resistance against the tyrannical queen of a war-torn fantasy realm. Will you unite the realm and end the queen’s reign of terror... or join her and rule by her side?
Why similar: Text-Based 18.4%, Choose Your Own Adventure 17.5%, Medieval 16.1%, Interactive Fiction 12.4%, RPG 8.6%
- #48 History of Dragosa
70% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Violence in Video Games
Windows
A text-based choose your own adventure game, with multiple stories, each with several endings. Stories you create through branching narratives are kept so you can read them again or show them to friends.
Why similar: Choose Your Own Adventure 18.3%, Interactive Fiction 14.4%, Multiple Endings 12.5%, Lore-Rich 10.6%, Choices Matter 9.6%
- #49 Coalescence
71% matchPositive92% of 12 reviews2022
Dev: Black Banshee Studios
Windows · Mac
Coalescence is a visual novel that takes you deep within Moniker Labs to explore its secrets. Play as one of three characters, each with their own storyline and dialogue options. Form relationships with the companions you encounter and try to make it out alive!
Why similar: Choose Your Own Adventure 19.2%, Interactive Fiction 17.2%, Immersive Sim 16.2%, Text-Based 12%, Visual Novel 11.8%
- #50 Schism
69% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Far Owl Studios
Windows
You are a double agent between a break-off religious sect and an inquisition within a holy city. Gather intelligence from both sides, solve their puzzles, navigate between dark-truths, and collect insights to write reports that give you the power to shape an inevitable conflict to come...
Why similar: Immersive Sim 17.9%, Interactive Fiction 16.4%, Text-Based 10.3%, Nonlinear 10.1%, Lore-Rich 9.7%
- #51 Orientation
69% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Pippo Studio
Windows · Mac
This is my first time studying abroad! Where am I? Passion, study, and love will happen in this vast land!? Is this the life of an international student? " Welcome to Australia!
Why similar: CRPG 27.6%, Choose Your Own Adventure 14.5%, Immersive Sim 12.8%, Interactive Fiction 12.6%, Lore-Rich 9.2%
- #52 House of the Golden Mask
67% match8 user reviews88% of 8 reviews2025
Dev: Choice of Games
Windows · Mac · Linux
Awaken your magic and break an ancient curse at a secret school of sorcery! What mysteries will you uncover at this crossroads between realms? A text-based fantasy novel, 280,000 words and hundreds of choices, without graphics or sound effects.
Why similar: Interactive Fiction 21.3%, Choose Your Own Adventure 20.6%, Text-Based 16.2%, RPG 13.2%, Magic 9.9%
- #53 GameOver
68% matchMostly Positive73% of 15 reviews2024
Dev: Black Cat Studios
Windows · Mac · Linux
GameOver is a text based rpg focused mainly on m/m content with character driven plot. In it, you explore and run into inhabitants of the world. Some friendly, some foe. Inspired by other text based games and some videos.
Why similar: CRPG 25.9%, Choose Your Own Adventure 14.5%, Interactive Fiction 13.5%, Lore-Rich 9.7%, Visual Novel 9.4%
- #54 只属于我们的世界 ONLY WORLD
68% matchNo user reviews
Dev: 神光源君
Windows
With the emergence of the Dark Witch, the familiar daily routine is shattered one by one. Countless man-eating monsters swarm out from the Dark Rift. Whether to take up arms and resist to the end in order to protect everything you cherish, or to escape from all this, it all depends on your choice!
Why similar: CRPG 24%, Interactive Fiction 17.7%, Immersive Sim 12.4%, Visual Novel 11%, RPG 9.9%
- #55 Sorcery! Parts 1 and 2
70% matchVery Positive88% of 762 reviews2016
Dev: inkle Ltd
Windows · Mac
Median: 1.5 hrsMean: 5.4 hrs≥1hr: 59%
An epic adventure in a land of monsters, traps and magic. Journey across the deadly Shamutanti Hills and through Kharé, Cityport of Thieves. Armed with your sword and over fifty spells with weird and wonderful effects, embark on a narrative adventure of a thousand choices where every one is remembered.
Why similar: Choose Your Own Adventure 30.3%, Interactive Fiction 18.9%, Text-Based 10.5%, RPG 10.1%, Magic 7.4%
- #56 Aunewyth
69% match9 user reviews78% of 9 reviews2023
Dev: Captain Cool
Windows
Aunewyth is a text-based game with a focus on narration and decision making. It features a short yet versatile storyline that reveals itself according to the choices you make.
Why similar: Text-Based 22.1%, Choose Your Own Adventure 14.3%, RPG 10.6%, Choices Matter 10.4%, Interactive Fiction 10.3%
- #57 Shadows of the Republic
67% matchNo user reviews
Dev: MonowayNarrative
Windows · Mac
A Historical Visual Novel RPG where you explore and investigate a web of intrigue between Nationalists, Communists and Japanese Collaborators. Pave your path, Pave history itself, build your identity and deconstruct the world and navigate puzzles.
Why similar: CRPG 33.3%, Choose Your Own Adventure 20.4%, Interactive Fiction 15.5%, Visual Novel 8.9%, Text-Based 8%
- #58 EmyLiveShow: Dangers and Mysteries Tale - Safe Edition
67% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Team EmilyPub: Big Way Games
Windows
Join four hot Vtuber girls on a kinky fantasy role-playing adventure. Roll the dice and break hearts in the new EmyLiveShow visual novel!
Why similar: CRPG 28%, Interactive Fiction 15.3%, Visual Novel 12.5%, Text-Based 10.4%, Magic 8%
- #59 Legends of Savvarah: Flowers and Scorpions
65% matchVery Positive96% of 104 reviews2026
Dev: ST Sinovar
Windows · Mac
You are Nikaria. An agent of a mysterious god, sent to another country. Does the end justify the means? Is the will of the god above the law? Is the death of a non-believer insignificant? The decision is yours alone.
Why similar: Choose Your Own Adventure 18.9%, Interactive Fiction 17.3%, Nonlinear 16.3%, Visual Novel 12.7%, Multiple Endings 7.2%
- #60 Barbe-Yeux
67% matchNo user reviews2027
Dev: Marian MANGIN
Windows
A comedy narrative adventure in 6 chapters. Explore islands, lead your crew into battle, go fishing, play dice at the tavern and lose all your gold again. You play a captain convinced he's a legend, flanked by two companions whose entire vocabulary is almost "Gloubi".
Why similar: CRPG 30.6%, Interactive Fiction 20.5%, Choose Your Own Adventure 18.3%, Visual Novel 13.5%, Text-Based 8.9%